Clothes-drier.



'M. w. WALKER.

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I. 1913.

1,139,605., Patented May 18, 1915..

2 SHEETS-SHEET I- THE NORRIS PETERS (10., PHOTO-LITHOH WASHINGTON D. c.

M. W. WALKER,

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION HLED AUG-21, 1913.

1 1 3 9,605 Patented May 18, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET Z- I I I aiit omm THE NORRIS PETERS C0. PHOTO-LITHO WASHINGTON n. c.

llNl'fED TATES PATENT @FFfQE.

MARTIN W. WALKER, 0F OSSINING, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

Application filed August 21, 1913.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, MARTIN WV. WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ossining, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes Driers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes driers and has to do more'particularly with that class of clothes driers that are suspended adjacent Windows and usually at an elevation from the ground.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a clothes drier whereby the clothes may be pinned or otherwise fastened upon racks or hangers and adapted to be there after projected from the interior through the window into an out of doors position.

A further object is to provide clothes hanger or rack supporting meansconsistingl of a part fixedly mounted in an exterior po sition and an extension part adapted to project into the interior whereby a plurality of racks or, hangers maybe in the interior and projected along the extension outwardly in suspended engagement with the exterior part, and in this connection, this feature also provides means whereby a plurality of racks may be filled with clothes in the interior of a compartment without opening the window and thereafter shifted on said extension into suspended relation with the exterior part.

A further novel feature resides in provid ing racks or sections adapted to interlock so that pressure in either direction on the innermost of the sections, will serve to advance or topermit of withdrawing and taking in one section at a time, thereby leavingthe remaining sections suspended inan exterior position;

Further ob ects and novel features of the invention willv be more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in and by the appended claims. 7

y In the drawings: Figure 1, is a perspective sectional view of a window, looking from the exterior, and showing one form of the device of my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2, is a sectional view showing the manner of mounting an extension guide in an interior position. Fig. 3, is an end view showing an improved form of a section stop.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1915. Serial No. 785,999.

Fig. 4, is a perspective view of the inner end of the exterior guide support. Fig. 5, is a cross sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6, illustrates the adjacent ends of two rack-supporting sections, with the same in perspective. 7

Like characters of reference designate similar parts throughout the different figures of the drawings.

As illustrated, 1, designates the wall of a building'in which a window frame 2, is disposed, upper and lower sashes being indicated at 3 and 4.

The device embodying my invention may be anchored in position by supporting means in the form of a bracket 5, which is shown secured to a portion of the building structure. An additional supporting means may be provided in the form of a tension cable 6, which is shown secured to the building at 7, and to the outer end of the device at 8. i

An exterior supporting guide 9, is suspended by the bracket 5, and the cable. 6, exteriorly of the window and near the upper portion thereof. As shown more particularlyin Fig. 5, the supporting guide is tubular in form and along the lower periphery thereof 1 provide a longitudinally disposed slot, the walls thereof being indicated at 10. It will be seen by reference to Fig. 1, that the inner end of the guide support 9, is disposed adjacent to but exteriorly of the window, the purpose of which will presently appear.

A plurality of clothes rack supporting sections 11, are provided with flanges 12, which engage the interior of the support 9, and webs 13, which depend through the slot in said guide, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. Alternate ends of the webs 13, are provided with coupling means which may be in the form of hooks 14, adapted for engagement in a manner which will be clear by reference to Fig. 6, and engagement of the webs 13, with the walls 10, will serve to hold the sections securely in slidable engagement with the guide support, as illustrated. Each section 11, is provided with a clothes rack 15, which may be only slightly less in length than the width of the window so as to provide for the greatest possible capacity. If the clothes racks are formed of wire, the same may be mounted in supporting relation with the sections 11,

2o is securedto said extension 21, and 1s providedwith a slot 25, adapted to register by looping the wires of the rack through in the webs 13, as indicated,

openings 16, at 17.

The sections 11, maybe slid into and" along the guide support 9, in end toe-rid relation, and in order to prevent the same from sliding out of the inner end pfthe support 9, 1 provide a stop 18, which may with the slotc22. When the extension is not'in use it may be hung upon a support 26, secured to'the interior as indicated 27. The support 26, wi11 be shaped 'tofi't the interior of the sleeve 24,

- hen the extension is positioned for use,

the stop 13, will be swung laterally and the sleeve 2 1', will be telescoped over the inner end of the support "guide 9, and against the terminal 28, of the bracket 5,-such terminal being arcuat'ely formed to embrace the said inner end of the guide 9 and being secured thereto; In order-to non rotativ'ely engage the extension 21, with the support-9, I pro vide the latterwith a stud 29,.adapted to engage a recess 30, in the sleeve 24, this meansfjalso servingt o hold the slots of the telescoped supports 1n registry.

The extension 21, may be bent down-- 7 wardly at its'inner end so as to be accessible to the user without necessitating any stand, or in other words, the user will have access to the extension while standing on the floor. If the clothes to be dried are to be projected through the Window with the parts in position in: Fig. 1, the window may be partially closed by providing a suitable 5o cloth closurein cases Where the weather is very cold.

Several racks will be hung with clothes, by any means such as clothes pins, and the sections will be inserted end'to end into the extension 21, until the desired number of sections with their racks, have been 7 filled. As the sections are inserted, they guide 9,

will be coupled in hooked relation and when the'sections are in place and pressure applied, the lnne'rmost section will advance all ofthe other sections through extension-21,

and into supporting relation to the exterior The extension 21, may then be removed and the stop 18will fall by gravity into a locking position so astoprevent the sections are coupled together;

sections'froin' sliding out ofthe inner end of support 9. c

If desired, I nay provide a cord 31, for the. outermost section so that ifonly one or two sections, with their racks, have been used and forced outwardly by a rod or like im-l plement, they may be Withdrawn into an accessible positionby the cord 31. At any; 7

rate the extension 21, will be again inserted in place for the removal of the racks. 7 However, if the support 9, has been completely filled with rack sections, the same maybe i r drawn inwardly by pulling in the innermost section, by reason of the fact that the It the weather is very told, all the sections with, their racks be supported on the exten sion 21, while the'same .is supported in the interior positionshown in Fig. 2, while the window is closed,'a"nd.then the'upper sash may be lowered and the extension tele-Q scoped onto the support 9, so that the clothes sections, can be forced outwardly into the suppo'rt9.

- It isbelieved that the utility ad advantages of the invention and the several ways i which-the device ofm in vention eanbe. used, will beclear frointhe foregoing description, and while I have herein shown and described one specific form of my in vention do" not wish to be limited thereto 7 Iclai'rn: V 1. In a'clothesdrier, an exteriorsupport projecting'fr'om a window, a plurality of' except for such limitations as the'claims may inport'. I i 1 ion sections attached for, slidable engagement withsaid support-in end to end abutting re- 1ation, ,e1othes supporting racks for said sections, and an extension support adapted for reinoi ahle-attachment to said exterior support and for a similar accommodation of said sections. 0

i 2. In a clothes drier,an exterior slotted tubular support disposed adj acentawindow, an extension support adapted to be removaloly alined with said exterior support through said window, flangedsections adapted to be 'fed through said extension into said exterior support, and clothes racks carried by each section.

3. In a clothes drier, a tubular exterior support disposed adjacent it WiiidOW, a lOtding support removably connecting therewith through said window, clothes suspension sections slidahl'e through one into the other of said supports, and i'nean's pivotally mounted on first said support to prevent movement of said sections therefrom upon removal of second said support. 3 v 7 p 4. Ina clothes drier, an exterior tubular support, means for suspending the same ad--' jacent to but outside of a Window, a tubular extension support adapted to telescope the exterior supportand project through the window, said supports having registering slotted portions, and clothes suspension means adapted for sliding engagement through the slotted portions of said" supports from the interior along said extension to said exterior support, substantially as described.

5. In a clothes drier, a tubular slotted support, a sleeved and removable extension for.

said support and registeringly slotted, flanged sections adapted to be interiorly ac: commodated within said support and extension, webs formed on each section to depend through said slots, and coupling hooks formed integrally on the extremities of each web to interconnect said sections.

6. In a clothes drier, suspension means disposed exteriorly of the window and near the upper portion thereof, a clothes drying device slidably supported by said means, and an extension or loading means adapted for attachment to said exterior means in alined end to end relation for projection through the window and extending downwardly interiorly of the window to render the same accessible from the floor of the compartment, substantially as described.

7. In a clothes drier, a tubular support provided with a longitudinally disposed slot, means for anchoring said support with one end thereof adjacent the upper portion of a window and exteriorly thereof, a tubular extension loading member provided with a longitudinal slot and having means for telescoping said exterior support for projection of the loading member through the window, a plurality of clothes supporting devices slidable in said support and member and projecting therethrough, and means at taohed to the outermost of said devices for drawing the same inwardly through the window, substantially as described.

8. In a clothes drier, a tubular support fixed near the top of a window with its outer end projecting from the window and its inner end-adjacent to the exterior top of the window and said support being longitudinally slotted on its lower periphery, and a loading extension comprising a tube having meansv for telescoping the tubular support to mount the tube thereon in end to end rela-' tion, said tube having a slot for registry with the slotin said tubular support and the inner end of the loading tube being bent downwardly inside of the window, and clothessupporting means slidable in said tube and tubular support and depending through said slots, substantially as described.

9. In a clothes drier, a tubular structure mounted to extend outwardly from awindew and longitudinally slotted, and clothes supporting means slidable in said tubular structure including removably connected sections opposite arc flanges formed on each section to contact with the interior of said tubular structure, and apertured webs formed on said sections and depending through said slot.

10. In a clothes drier, a tubular slotted support disposed adjacent a window, a sleeved removable and similarly slotted extension therefor, projecting through said window, flanged sections adapted to be accommodated interiorly of said support and extension, apertured webs formed on each section to depend through said slots, integral coupling means between adjacent section webs, and clothes racks looped through the depending web of each section.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MARTIN W. WALKER.

Witnesses:

EDWARD HALLGRING, GEORGE A. ROMAINE.

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Washington, D. O. 

